[ionforce]

Now that I'm on the side of "I know what a monad is", let me just say 95% of what people say monads are is complete trash and unhelpful. This includes calling them "semicolons".

I don't think this analogy sets up anyone for success. For a long time now I've wanted to do a series on "FP for OOP folks".

[andrewflnr]

This is well understood, as witnessed by this classic article: https://byorgey.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/abstraction-intuiti...

[mumblemumble]

There are already quite a few of those series. F# For Fun and Profit (fsharpforfunandprofit.com) does a good job of explaining the basic concepts, and the author's videos are a fun watch even if you already know everything he's talking about. Ploeh Blog (blog.ploeh.dk) has spilled countless pixels explaining the functional alternatives to various OO ways of doing things.